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Don't worry changes have been made and things will be different at Leicester in 2017. I can assure all the DH haters that he is not involved with the Speedway any longer Dave Darcy will look after the club on a day to day basis supported by Buster Chapman who simply does not have the time to run another club as well as be chair of BSPA.

I am pretty sure you will find a couple of new faces running the Lions and Buster will not be alone with this team.

All being well looks like this may get completed before Christmas and I am looking forward to the press release about the new promotion team and their plans for the future. After this I am sure the signings will follow and fans can look forward to the new season

GlennyLion- The promotion has been sorted and at least two riders have agreed deals with the Lions for 2017, So nothing to worry about Lions fans you will still get your regular racing and an improved track to hopefully improve racing

jchapman I know just the person to run and relaunch Leicester, It has to be someone that knows the sport inside and out lots of experience,sensible with money and can prepare a good track

I can confirm Sky sports schedules for March are not being worked on yet for the start of the Speedway season and won't be for another 7-8 weeks yet

With regards to floodlights being removed from Brandon I would not be surprised as Sandu did install around 20 new floodlights when he started dog racing again so they are not needed now

Yes i am sure Buster will get the track sorted for Leicester and hopefully it will help improve racing

The bits quoted above about committees and resignations is all to do with Leicester Speedway supporters club and has nothing to do with the operation of the club. Mr A Joyce wanted to be chairman and he had backing to do so, some members didn't agree with this so resigned from their positions

DC2 Yes Rye House are running some Saturday's as I am sure Leicester will and have not signed any Polish riders or extraliga stars. What they have yet not experienced is the Saturday night syndrome from other clubs where clubs with the above type of riders refuse to come, This is something that Leicester were not expecting and thought they would get the BSPA backing but it didn't happen. Another advantage RH have is they are able to start earlier and very close to Stansted and Luton so riders can be in their hotels for 10:30 where as after Leicester matches sometimes it could be 1am and then up at 4

No the fixture list is not out yet in U.K. But the Poles have said when their league is starting and that they will not be running fixtures the day after Cardiff or Easter Sunday so my theory is based upon that. With a new promotion hopefully they will not be so against bank holidays as DH I personally would like to see a double header with Coventry on one of these

That is different to what DH has said previously and what the council have said in that midweek meetings are ok as long as they are not all in the week. Not all meetings will be in the week anyway as there will be 4 before Polish league starts and maybe two more

Big Al I can fully appreciate what you are saying about some of the mistakes that DH has made. But the council in all honesty aren't interested in a lot of the errors like track shape,falling out with people and arrogance as long as he pays his lease and business tax they see it as another advantage to the local area. Some of the conditions that Mr Hemsley is supposedly imposing on the new promotions is out of his hands like race night to the best of my knowledge the planning conditions do not allow to change away from weekend race night for all meetings

Kye 1- Leicester city council know very well that they have made an error in not putting the stipulation and conditions that Beaumont sports were responsible to build all of the sports complex. All that Beaumont sports are legally responsible for is the stadium and the even the council have not kept their part of the pavilion development. On the original plans the council were going to have lease on a room in the pavilion to use for the local community events like parent and toddler sessions and residents meetings yet now they will not commit to this. I am sure that Mr Hemsley will see common sense and offer favourable conditions to new Speedway tenants as if it's empty he is not making any money and has invested a lot of his own money into the stadium and paying off the loans that he took out.

Beaumont sports own the lease and the fixtures/fittings of the stadium. This company is financially solvent and up to date with payments for the stadium operations, Leicester city council have no reason or purpose to revoke the lease as there is very little they can do with the land as it cannot be used for housing or industrial units so have no use for it so may as well leave as it is currently with Beaumont sports. They would also not want the expense of a legal case and which of course could uncover other things on initial planning on the stadium without any guarantees other than the Speedway highlighting possible failure of council officials. Mr Hemsley knows all of this and that in the small print of the agreement there is nothing to say that he would build the sports village just that he would assist the development which he has done by inviting companies to tender to build alternative sport attractions.

The BSPA would come to an agreement with them or any other individual about keeping them as company or personal assets. Otherwise the whole rider asset system in Speedway would be flawed so no clubs could ask for loan fees and all become free agents.

The purpose of this thread is to ask for clarification whether a business or individual not involved with a club can still hold rider assets ? Another example would be could David Hemsley not be involved but still get loan fee for S Wozniak,Jan Graverson etc It would be nice if Mr Frost was to come into Leicester as the club would be run well and I am sure could help attract good riders but as others have said he plans to take a rest from Speedway for a while.

With the news that Peterborough Speedway now belongs to Ged Rathbone minus the asset base and Rick Frost no longer being sponsor and involved at Poole. The question is what happens to the asset base that Rick Frost/ReadyPower hold ? As I believed that it was against BSPA regulations for riders contracts to be held by persons not involved in the sport. This is of course unless Rick Frost becomes connected to another club let's wait and see.

There could still be some Saturday night meetings at the start of the season maybe two or three meetings subject to other clubs agreeing. Riders just don't want to be riding at Leicester on a Saturday night then heading straight off to Stansted or Luton to get an 06:30am flight then a full day travelling and riding on a Sunday. Midweek racing should also help with double up riders as less clashes than on Saturdays

Leicester will remain in EL under new ownership with midweek racing in 2017. I know some fans want PL racing as Saturday nights but as they would be at the back of list there would have to be a number of midweek matches anyway

Well Holder has flown out to Poland today so will it be a missed flight or the Torun demand I stay another day.

Looks like another patched up Leicester side for the last meeting with Klindt out injured,Starke at Somerset and Wozniak unavailable so more guests required again

Overall I didn't think it was too bad a meeting just not the result that everybody thought it would be. One thing that Wolves do need to do is improve is the lighting at Monmore last night it was terrible. It is so hard to work with so much it I think it distracts from the coverage as so many dark spots with that horrible yellow tinge. The slo mo replays look grainy and washed out but nothing could be done I know we have the same problem with the greyhounds so only do tv meeting in the summer

It seems that quite a few fans are not too happy with the proposed coverage of the 2nd leg and this has been reported back. So watch this space but whatever happens all the key heats and incidents will be covered

The decision to not fully televise the Belle Vue vs Lakeside match was taken last week and was made by a combination of a technical difficulty and that its expected to be a large home win. It will also allow better and more in depth coverage of the Wolves vs Poole meeting. It will be better than the Belle Vue vs Poole on BH Monday